Teams entering the Fittest Companies Challenge may have four to six members and should include at least one executive level member or someone from upper management. Individuals entering the Fittest Exec Challenge pay $225 to participate. Team fees start at $995.

Winners in a variety of award categories, including age groups of under 50 and 50-plus, will be announced in July 2014.

Ingram's launched the competitions in 2009 under the belief that corporate fitness efforts start at the top of a company. Since then, the competitions have helped hundreds of employees in the Kansas City region get in shape.

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